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(Vanderbilt University, 2005)Modeling club structures as bipartite networks, we formulate the problem of club formation as a game of network formation and identify those club networks that are stable if agents behave farsightedly in choosing their ...
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(2013-04-12)Department: Computer ScienceRare genetic variation has been put forward as a major contributor to the development of disease; however, it is inherently difficult to associate rare variants with disease, as the low number of observations greatly reduces ...
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(2022-03-27)Department: AstrophysicsThere is a large-scale structure to the Universe, known as the cosmic web. Galaxy Clusters, consisting of hundreds to thousands of galaxies, form along and at the nodes of the cosmic filaments that make up this web. This ...
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(2022-08-01)Department: AstrophysicsIn this thesis, we summarize work in two main areas: the development of millimeter-wave detectors for next-generation Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments and an initial study pioneering the use of CMB experiments ...
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(2008-08-05)Department: Electrical EngineeringCarbon Nanotube (CNT) is an emerging form of carbon nanostructure, vastly expanding its utility for several applications ranging from electronics to tribology. CNT is an excellent material for electron field emission due ...
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(2020-06-15)Department: Electrical EngineeringAvalanches of brain activity, which are viewed as cascades of large spatiotemporal co-activation, have been investigated to be the key to brain functions and some information propagation in the brain. The functional magnetic ...
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(2022-08-26)Department: Computer ScienceThis dissertation presents three primary but related directions to explore how might we leverage advances in our understanding of how students combine learning of science and engineering in a computational thinking framework ...
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(Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, 1999)This article explores sustainable development and environmental justice as potentially conflicting policy goals. Sustainable development includes equity as one of its five dimensions (in addition to environment, economy, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-04-14)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-04-21)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-04-28)
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(2020-12)This study examined teachers’ sense of efficacy, teacher perception on professional development and collaboration opportunities, and professional development and coaching needs in a suburban school district. The conceptual ...
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(2012-04-10)Department: Computer ScienceCooperation among self-interested agents offers the potential to realize goals unachievable by any agent alone. However, determining the optimal manner in which agents should cooperate is a computationally difficult problem. ...
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(2022-12)Working with Cocinando & Conservando (Cooking & Conservation), a small non-profit in Southeastern Peru, this project explored the organizational systems and processes used to preserve the cultural heritage of local indigenous ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 1998)
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(University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2012)Codifying decentralized forms of law, such as the common law and customary law, has been a cornerstone of the positivist turn in legal theory since at least the nineteenth century. Commentators laud codification’s purported ...
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(2008-04-25)Department: Biomedical EngineeringModern neuroscience seeks to understand the human brain and determine how stimulus features are directly mapped to neuronal representations that govern emergent properties like perception and behavior. One prominent ...
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(2016-01-26)Department: Learning, Teaching and DiversityLearning theory and educational data analytics can be said to coevolve, that is, to refine and improve each other reciprocally, each aspect providing a necessary element for the growth and advancement of the other. In this ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, 2008-03)